Style Dial FX ProChannel modules (Platinum and Professional only)

Style Dial FX are powerful audio processing ProChannel modules with a simple user interface. Each Style Dial FX module features only a single knob that lets you dial in the desired effect. The knob range goes from subtle to fully processed.

Figure 48. Style Dial FX provide saturation, volume maximizer, and reverb processing for each channel.

A. GRIT (saturation) B. MAX (volume maximizer) C. SPACE (reverb/ambience) 

SONAR includes the following Style Dial FX:

GRIT (saturation) module

Digital audio recordings can sometimes sound sterile and lifeless. The GRIT module provides smooth, one-knob, frequency saturation operation for adding just the right amount of tube warmth to any track.

Use GRIT anywhere you need some grit. Use it to fatten up bass lines, add harmonics and shimmer to vocals, or squash a drum loop.

Figure 49. GRIT (saturation) module.

For details, see GRIT (saturation) module.

MAX (volume maximizer) module

The MAX module is a one-knob volume maximizer that transparently increases the overall sound loudness of a track or bus by reducing the dynamic range. Use MAX as a convenient track leveler and compressor.

Figure 50. MAX (volume maximizer) module.

For details, see MAX (volume maximizer) module.

SPACE (reverb/ambience) module

The SPACE module adds reverb/ambience to the audio signal. Simulate environments from small rooms to huge halls. The space gets increasingly larger as you increase the knob value.

Figure 51. SPACE module.

For details, see SPACE (reverb/ambience) module.

To insert a Style Dial FX

Do one of the following:

Click the Add Module button in the Inspector, point to Style Dial FX on the pop-up menu, then choose GRIT, MAX, or SPACE.

Right-click a module header or blank space in ProChannel and select Insert Module > Style Dial FX on the pop-up menu, then choose GRIT, MAX, or SPACE.

 

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ProChannel (Platinum and Professional only)

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